Poem: The Water Molecule

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The Water Molecule
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Once there was a molecule
A molecule
A molecule!
Once there was a molecule of water!

And then it flew!
This molecule
And then it flew
Thru a cloud or two.

It went right up
And up and down
It went right up
Thru a cloud.

And round and round
This molecule gazed around
A cloud that frowned
Then down it went, to the ground.

It said "Oh my! Oh my!"
The molecule was picked right up
In a drop! A drop of rain
"What am I to gain?" exclaimed the molecule

And round and round
The drop of rain it flew
Thru a cloud or two
And round the drop of rain it flew.

Quoth molecule:
"If precipitation is my pension,
Help me escape this surface tension!"
The molecule had to mention!

Up and down and round and round!
The drop of rain it flew
then toward the ground
It spun around.

"Oh no! Oh no!
What am I to do! to do!"
Said the molecule in its plight
"Stop this crazy hydro-flight!"

Then the wind it came right out
And blew and blew
The drop of rain
It blew the drop of rain to the sky!

The drop of rain, cold as ice
Froze that day, into hail
"Oh great, this is nice"
Said the molecule who wished to bail.

"Wonderful, now I'm stoned"
The molecule now bemoaned
"Who will ever rescue me?"
Then the hailstone hit a tree.

"Hey you broke my twig!"
Said the tree who grew a fig
"Until you fell it was quite big!"
The molecule danced a jig.

For it had been wrestled free!
From the grasp of the stone
Upon impact it was thrown
It now had to make its plee!

"Don't bemoan your broken limb!"
Said the molecule with a grin
"Maybe you needed a trim,
And now you look quite slim!"

Then the sun it came out that day
When the clouds went their way
Tossed about by the gale
Wisps of sky that are quite frail.

At this point I do demarcate
Would the molecule evaporate?
With a smile I relate to you
The molecule became some dew.

Hahaha... that's good.

The word 'molecule' almost has a sound that naturally lends itself to whimsy poetry.

I'm glad someone liked it. I was beginning to get worried there.

If you liked this poem, you might enjoy a second poem I wrote about an even smaller object called "The Lepton"
It's written with the same meter as "The Water Molecule" but using a lepton instead. It's also a type of riddle that answers its own question in the eighth stanza of the poem. Try to guess which lepton its referring to before you get to that point.

I loved that! Great fun. And a great circular (or spiral?) sounding rhythm.

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